Book review and giveaway of I See London I See France by Paulita Kincer

Today I am taking part in a virtual book tour and giveaway via France Book Tours for Paulita Kincer’s latest novel I See London I See France and I am delighted to have an ebook copy of this book to giveaway anywhere in the world. To enter just email Frenchvillagediaries@gmail.com with I See London I See France as the email subject before 5th March 2014. Good luck.

About the Author

Paulita Kincer is also the author of THE SUMMER OF FRANCE (see my review here). She has an M.A. in journalism from American University and has written for The Baltimore Sun, The St. Petersburg Times, The Tampa Tribune, and The Columbus Dispatch, among other newspapers. She has travelled to France 10 times dragging her three children along twice. She currently teaches college English and lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and three children. You can also read my France et Moi interview with her here.

Synopsis - provided by the author

Paulita Kincer

When her husband of a dozen years walks out in a huff, Caroline Sommers walks out too – to Europe, with her kids after impulsively selling her minivan for travel money. Tired of being the perfect wife, she escapes to rediscover herself, and possibly rekindle the unrequited love of a Frenchman from her college days.  While shepherding her kids from London to Scotland then Paris to Provence, she finds herself at a crossroads. Does she choose love, or lust, in the arms of a European man, or should she try again with the father of her children and the man she truly loved, once?

My review

I See London I See France is Paulita’s second novel and a really emotionally charged read. The main character Caroline is 100% devoted to her three young children and when her husband Scott walks out, claiming he’s had enough, she has to decide what it is she wants for her future. Years of marriage and parenting have left her feeling like she’s lost her way, but she’s not one to wallow in her misery. She sells her minivan, packs their bags and takes the children to London. Ever the home educator they sightsee from London to Tintagel Castle to Loch Ness to Paris before her emotions and exhaustion catch up with her. It is with friends in Aix en Provence where she finds some peace and the strength to decide what fires her passion; is it Scott her work-a-holic husband, is it Jean-Marc the sexy Frenchman she first met in her early twenties, is it dark and mysterious Gustave from the shores of Loch Ness, or is she happy just to be a Mother? I knew what decision I wanted her to make, but Paulita made me wait and sweat it out right to the end of the book.

Paulita’s writing went straight to my head; I felt every emotion Caroline was feeling, so much so this book affected my mood even when I wasn’t reading it. This book has a great story line, moved along at a nice pace and with some added interest as it jumped back and forward from the present to her time in Aix en Provence as a nanny in the late 1990’s. This is a book I will read again and I hope Paulita is busy working on her next novel. 

You can read Paulita's blog here, find her on Facebook here and follow her on Twitter here. I See London I See France is available in paperback and ebook format. Links to Amazon can be found at the bottom of this post.

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